Community Voices

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Carlos M. Garcia
I attended the presentation at the Warner Grand Theatre on March 20 on the San Pedro Public Market. San Pedrans had all been waiting with great anticipation for the unveiling of the new design plans. Many who attended remember our business district in its glory days. I only

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Sally Hayati, President of the Torrance Refinery Action Alliance and James Preston Allen, Publisher
Residents of the greater South Bay and Harbor Area are weary of living in fear of an accidental release of hydrofluoric ac

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]I found the juxtaposition of hundreds of rowdy anti-Trump protesters and a drum circle against the backdrop of hyper-manicured Beverly Hills Park oddly apropos in the wake of President Donald Trump's March 13 fundraiser in Los Angeles. Unlike the smoky air rising from so

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]By Mark Friedman, RLn ContributorHundreds of community residents, students and labor activists marked the the third anniversary of the Torrance Refinery explosion by protesting its continued use of modified hydrofluoric acid (MHF) in their refine

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Mark Friedman
Across the country for years, the issue of health and safety versus jobs has been one that has unnecessarily divided labor organizations from their natural allies in the community and environmental movements — whether it be the chemical leaks at Love Canal, the nuclear meltdo

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Lyn Jensen, Carson Reporter
On Jan. 20, 2017, Donald Trump became president, Republicans dominated Con- gress and the outlook on any progress for women looked bleak.
Republicans had been waging political war on women’s rights for more than a quarter of a cent